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So the question is does anyone have any experience with barium salicylate use, physical properties or synthesis?

I would like to knock some up, I will probably use salicylic acid and barium hydroxide or carbonate. I know there different possible reaction products given different reaction conditions. Does anyone have any information on the best conditions for the reaction?

I will be interested how this compound performs in coloured report compositions maybe a Barium Chlorate / MgAl / Barium Salicylate mix. What do you think?

[Arthur Brown]

Just a straight google throws up interesting things. Unusually emolecules.com does not this time

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Just a straight google throws up interesting things. Unusually emolecules.com does not this time

It certainly does, however I still have not found any data on physical properties such as a solubility curve, hygroscopicicty, even details on synthesis are sketchy.

[pyrotrev]

I've only played with strontium salts of benzene carboxylic acids, but from those tests would guess that solubility is pretty minimal. I'd be wary of mixing with KClO3 such mixtures seem to be fiendishly sensitive - get in touch if you want more info.

Edited by pyrotrev, 04 December 2008 - 02:17 PM.

[digger]

I've only played with strontium salts of benzene carboxylic acids, but from those tests would guess that solubility is pretty minimal. I'd be wary of mixing with KClO3 such mixtures seem to be fiendishly sensitive - get in touch if you want more info.

I will get in touch shortly.

The only info I can get is that it is somwhere above 30g per 100ml of water at 20ºC. The reason I ask is (other than is is usable) because I want it in solution so that I can filter any unused reactants before crystalisation. I suppose when I have isolated it I can knock up a solubility curve.

[Potassium chlorate]

Salicylic acid itself gives a nice red colour with KClO4, but I think the mix is instable.